amendments
enlightenment thinkers
articles of the constitution
documents
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What did the Second Amendment guarantee?
Right to bare arms
100
What are the basic principles of the Enlightenment?
What If people could choose, they would choose liberty. Laws should be based on the ideas of scientific inquiry. Humans could better themselves without the assistance of religion or the divine Providence of a ruler.
100
What gives Congress the power to pass legislation that is “necessary and proper” for doing its jobs.
Elastic clause
100
What branch of our government is responsible for making laws
Legislative
100
What is the group believed that deductive reasoning or mathematical logic should be the source of all knowledge.
What are rationalist
200
What amendment abolished slavery?
13th
200
What was the 1700s known for as a result of people using the application of science and reason to understanding the world
Enlightenment
200
A written malicious and false statement about another person
What is libel
200
What is considered to be the first constitution of the United States
articles of confederation
200
What was proposed at the Constitutional Convention, it called for representation in Congress to be based on population.
Virginia Plan
300
What was the purpose of the 19th amendment
women's right to vote
300
overthrow the government according to John Locke the government had an obligation to the people it governed to protect their natural rights. If the government failed to do this, then the people had the right to
overthrow the government
300
What is the “clear and present danger” rule
Speech that encourages a criminal act can be punished
300
What set the precedent that the King’s power was not absolute.
Magna Carta
300
What is it called when Congress passes a bill and the President prevents it from becoming a law?
veto
400
Who actually elects the President?
Electoral College
400
What was the purpose of the federalist Papers?
to raise support for the Constitution
400
What is the name for powers shared by both the federal and state governments.
concurrent powers
400
What did shay's rebellion help to prove?
The Articles of Confederation were not capable of certain problems.
400
What is the ability to print money and declare war?
delegated power
500
List and explain four amendments form the Bill of Rights
1-10
500
Explain how Congress was set up under the Great Compromise. (Explain how the number of representatives is selected for each part.) Tell what two plans the compromise was made between.
senate-2 each house of reps- based on pop new jersey and Virginia
500
Analyze two differences between Federalists and Anti-Federalists.
constitution economy, bill of rights etc
500
List each of the three branches of government and give the function of each
leg-makes exec- carries out jud-interprets
500
Why do we have a separation of powers? Give one example of how the Executive branch can “check” the Legislative branch of our government.
To keep one branch from gaining too much power.
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